Nova Scotia News

WEST DALHOUSIE, N.S. — A 72-year-old man is dead and two men have been arrested after two side-by-side utility vehicles crashed in Annapolis County, N.S. Police say around 4:40 p.m.

HALIFAX — Facing increasing pressure to do more to address intimate-partner violence in Nova Scotia, the provincial government on Friday announced $23.7 million for transition houses.

OTTAWA — A federal judge has dismissed a legal challenge of Justin Trudeau's move to prorogue Parliament, concluding the prime minister did not exceed the bounds of his authority.

HALIFAX — Two of Nova Scotia’s largest retailers have signed on to a provincial program aimed at making it easier for shoppers to identify locally produced products amid the ongoing trade war with the United States.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government is failing to adequately address the recent spike in gender-based violence, an advocacy group for reproductive health says.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston has failed to get unanimous consent in the legislature to a resolution calling on the federal government to condemn any national political leader who opposes energy infrastructure projects amid the trade war

HALIFAX — Criminologists say the deaths of two men in Halifax after they were Tasered by police officers are a reminder that conducted energy weapons can be lethal and that police are rarely the appropriate people to respond to mental health crises.

HALIFAX — Experts are linking rising gasoline prices in the U.S. northeast to President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canadian energy imports, but they warn the trend may also hurt Atlantic Canada's energy producers.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s premier is hoping to build momentum on freeing up trade within Canada, as the country deals with the economic stress caused by tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

HALIFAX — In downtown Vancouver, Sandra Mori walked out of a provincial liquor store on Tuesday with B.C. wine, and raised her elbow to the sky. “Elbows up,” she said, referencing the common hockey term used to signal it's time to fight back.